DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

The major focus of the department is to inculcate mathematical thinking in engineering students. For this, we teach core mathematics courses to students at undergraduate and postgraduate level as well as offer electives in mathematics.

The department faculty have published many papers in national and international journals. In addition, the faculty members have also obtained extramural support to carry out research activities and projects sponsored by VTU, UGC, DST and TEQIP.

DEPARTMENT PROFILE

The department has 23 dedicated & well qualified staff members (all with Ph.D.). In 2003, VTU recognized it as a Research and Development (R & D) center. From the department, 21 research scholars have been awarded Ph.D. At present, six full-time and nine part-time research scholars have registered for the doctoral program. Current expertise of the faculty covers a broad range of areas including Fluid mechanics, Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Number Theory, Probability, Statistics and Queueing Theory.

VISION

To mould the students to have strong Mathematical and analytical skills to meet the challenges open to them.

MISSION

To provide the students with a strong Mathematical foundation through course which cater to the needs of industry, research and higher education.

DEPARTMENT HISTORY

The department came into existence in the year 1962. The primary focus of the department in the initial years was to teach mathematics to Electrical and Mechanical engineering students. Mathematics was taught as a core course in the first four years and as an elective in the fifth year.